Sciences de l'environnement : travailler pour le bénéfice de la planète.

Environmental science: working with the Earth.

Type de monographie : Ouvrage

Résumé

This book is an integrated study of environmental problems, connections, and solutions. It is divided into five major parts: humans and sustainability: an overview (environmental problems, their causes, and sustainability; economics, politics, ethics, and sustainability); scientific principles and concepts (science, systems, matter, and energy; ecosystems and how they work: connections in nature; evolution, biodiversity, and community processes; climate, weather, and biodiversity; population dynamics, carrying capacity and conservation biology; risk, toxicology, and human health); human population, resources, and sustainability (air and air pollution; global warming and ozone loss; water resources and water pollution; mineral and soil resources; solid and hazardous waste); sustaining biodiversity and ecological integrity (food resources; protecting food resources; sustaining terrestrial ecosystems; sustaining wild species); energy resources (non-renewable energy resources; energy efficiency and renewable energy).

Détails

Titre original : Environmental science: working with the Earth.
Identifiant de la fiche : 2002-2755
Langues : Anglais
Sujet : Environnement, Généralités
Édition : Brooks-Cole, Thomson Learn. - États-unis/États-unis
Date d'édition : 2001
ISBN : 0534376134
Source : Source : ed. 8; 648 p. (22 x 28); fig.; phot.; ref.; index; append.
Document disponible en consultation à la bibliothèque du siège de l'IIF uniquement.

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